The delegation of the Palestinian movement Hamas tonight completed a three -day visit to Russia, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to Interfax. Representatives of Khamas flew out of Moscow by regular flight to Damascus from the Sheremetyevo-2 airport.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of China Lee Zhaosin called on Iran to continue negotiations with the EU under the nuclear crisis as soon as possible, reports Gazeta.ru with reference to Reusters. The main thing is to solve the problem peacefully, said the Foreign Minister of China. “China hopes that Iran will be able to resume negotiations with the EU and Russia as soon as possible,” said whether he said at the annual session of the parliament.

Two more residents of the Salyansky district in the south of Azerbaijan turned to the hospital with symptoms of bird flu, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to Interfax. Today in the afternoon two children were hospitalized - two and five years. Quarantine has been announced in the area, doctors carry out the prevention of the disease. Earlier, the death of two girls and hospitalization of six members of their family with a preliminary diagnosis of “severe form” was reported in Azerbaijan.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Law on the ratification of an agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of India on mutual trips of owners of diplomatic and official passports, "adopted by the State Duma on February 10, 2006 and approved by the Federation Council on February 22, the press service of the head of state reports.

Larisa Zakharova 145 years ago, the abolition of serfdom was laid by the beginning of the era of the so-called "great reforms", which affected various aspects of the socio-political life of Russia and often in the popular science literature called the "revolution from above" or "revolution".

During the month, the Government of Ukraine will receive a reform program of a national scale, President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko said in a radio show to citizens of the country, RIA Novosti reports.

In the Transnistria, the Interdepartmental Council for the President of Countering "Blocade measures" from Ukraine and Moldova was created - in connection with the introduction of new customs rules on the Transnistrian -Ukrainian border section, RIA Novosti reports.

The Russian team should not be afraid of doping scandals at the Paralympic Games, which open in Turin on March 10. This was stated by the head of the Russian sports delegation at the games in Turin Pavel Rozhkov. “The Paralympic team of Russia at the Games in Turin included 29 athletes,” Rozhkov quotes Gazeta.ru quoted with reference to the whole sport agency. “All of them have passed the doping control several times.

At the Summit of the League of the Arab states (LAG), which will be held in the Sudanese capital of Hartum on March 28 and 29 of this year, it will be first proposed to create the Mezharabian Council of World and Security, RIA Novosti reports. This was stated at a meeting of the Government of Sudan, chaired by the President of the country Omar al-Bashira, dedicated to preparations for the upcoming meeting at the top.

China intends to reduce the gap in the economic development of the city and the village, at the annual session of the All -Chinese Assembly of People's Representatives of the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said at the Beijing of the annual session, BBC reports. The country's government intends to spend over $ 42 billion on rise in agriculture and social infrastructure in rural areas.

Unknowns fired at the NTV television company’s windows in Tbilisi on the third floor of a four-story building, where the offices of several Georgian and foreign news agencies and a number of local newspapers are also located, ITAR-TASS reports.

In Greece, two more cases of wild birds are registered with the flu strain H5N1 - the virus was found in two wild swans found by the dead in the north of the country, RIA Novosti reports. The total number of confirmed cases of this disease in Greece reached 24. The Ministry of Agriculture of Greece takes a number of measures to prevent the spread of infection, in particular, all poultry farms provide special containers with a disinfectant liquid intended for the processing of entering vehicles.

The Olympic champion and multiple world champion in rhythmic gymnastics Alina Kabaeva took first place in the Multistry of the Champions Cup - Gazprom, which took place on Saturday at the Friendship SAM. The second place was taken by Vera Sesina, the third - five -time world champion 2005 Olga Kapranova, Gazeta.ru reports with reference to the whole sport agency.

Suddenly the game of cricket, held at the US Embassy in Pakistan, in which the US President George Bush took part in the US Embassy. During the game, considered national in Pakistan, the captain of the local team unsuccessfully let the ball, and the latter, bouncing off the ground, hit the shoulder of the American leader. To the honor of George Bush, the American president did not shift the guilt for what happened to the athletes.

The Magate must demonstrate “how it can protect its members, as well as confirm its prestige and trust in itself,” reports RBC with reference to the IRNA, the statement of the official representative of the Iraqi Hamida Reza Asefi Foreign Ministry. At the same time, the Iranian diplomat once again called on the Iranian nuclear program not to politicize the issue of the Iranian nuclear program.